This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Political Science > Ideologies > Political > Political Ideologies – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Political Ideologies Quiz 23 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the political ideology that advocates for minimal government intervention in the economy and individual freedom? A) Socialism. B) Communism. C) Fascism. D) Libertarianism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Libertarianism. 2. Who thought that direct public opinion would be a disaster/nightmare for the republic? A) James Madison. B) Alexander Hamilton. C) George Washington. D) George Mason. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) James Madison. 3. Government should solve problems to ensure nobody is in need, is a ..... side belief A) Right. B) Left. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Left. 4. Potitical ideology that is focused on conserving something. A) Conservatism. B) Revolution. C) Liberalism. D) Alienation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conservatism. 5. This person was the father of the modern Opinion Poll A) George Gallup. B) Phillip Pew. C) Robert Rasmussen. D) Quincy Quinnipiac. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) George Gallup. 6. Public Opinion functions as this by protecting us against hasty/poorly understood decisions A) Guide. B) Grind. C) Guard. D) Glue. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Guard. 7. It aims to create a classless society through the overthrow of the bourgeoisie and the establishment of a socialist or communist system. A) Marxism. B) Anarchism. C) Socialism. D) Liberalism. E) Conservatism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Marxism. 8. In polling, a sample could BEST bes described as: A) Using complex computer programs to determine public opinion. B) A representative group of the total population to be surveyed. C) Predetermined criteria for particiaption. D) Using only computers to select who is called. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A representative group of the total population to be surveyed. 9. A group of individuals with broad common interests who organize to nominate candidates for office, win elections, conduct government, and determine public policy A) Platform. B) Liberals. C) Political Party. D) Conservatives. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Political Party. 10. Which Amendment led to the direct election of Senators? A) 17th Amendment. B) 20th Amendment. C) 18th Amendment. D) 23rd Amendment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 17th Amendment. 11. Which of the following can be characteristics of a democracy? A) Multi-party system. B) Two-party system. C) One-party system. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Multi-party system. 12. John Arbuthnot was associated with which political ideology? A) Democracy. B) Socialism. C) Nationalism. D) Popular sovereignty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nationalism. 13. Spending on certain programs that is mandated, or required, by existing law, can not be adjusted by the President and Congress in a given budget year. A) Entitlements. B) Mandatory Spending. C) Discretionary Spending. D) Pork-Barrel Legislation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mandatory Spending. 14. Which is correct? A) The 1st wave of feminism gave only white women the vote. B) The 1st wave of feminism was anti-man. C) The 1st wave of feminism aimed at job equality. D) The 1st wave of feminism gave women the vote. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The 1st wave of feminism gave women the vote. 15. It is a social science concerned chiefly with the description and analysis of political and governmental institutions and processes. A) Politics. B) Political Ideology. C) Governance. D) Political Science. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Political Science. 16. Farmers are most often represented in which ideology? A) Socialism. B) Fundamentalism. C) Populism. D) Libertarianism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Populism. 17. Conservatism is characterized by a resistant to change, adherent to limited human freedom as it chooses to maintain traditional values, and at some extreme versions, distrust to human reasoning. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 18. Conserving, or saving/ spending less money, is more of a ..... side belief. A) Right. B) Left. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Right. 19. Critiques not only political hierarchies but also social and cultural hierarchies, including those based on gender, race, and class. The aim is to create a society that is egalitarian and inclusive. A) Socialism. B) Fascism. C) Conservatism. D) Liberalism. E) Anarchism. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Anarchism. 20. A consistent set of beliefs or ideas held by groups/individuals A) Political Party. B) Ideology. C) Conservatism. D) Extremism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ideology. 21. A requirement that citizens pay a tax in order to register to vote, used in the Jim Crow South to disenfranchise black voters. A) Literacy Test. B) Poll Tax. C) Grandfather Clause. D) White Primary. E) Voter Identification Law. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poll Tax. 22. A poll conducted of people coming to an event. A) Exit poll. B) Tracking poll. C) Benchmark poll. D) Entrance survey. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Entrance survey. 23. What is the basis of conservatives? A) Policies. B) Wisdom. C) Tradition. D) Law. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tradition. 24. Which ideology would more likely believe that individuals and private companies should be free to make their own economic decisions? A) Conservative. B) Liberal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conservative. 25. Why might campaign funding be considered to be "corrupt?" A) Because campaign funding is illegal. B) Because campaign funding is not enough to really make a difference in an election. C) Because campaign funding is always done by corrupt people. D) Because politicians may give too much influence to those who give contributions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because politicians may give too much influence to those who give contributions. 26. Only legitimate use of government power is to stop individuals form harming each other. A) Political Activism. B) Socialism. C) Linkage Institution. D) Harm Principle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Harm Principle. 27. The presence of increasingly conflicting and divided viewpoints between the Democratic and Republican Parties on a variety of issues regarding policy or beliefs. A) Polarization. B) Party Platform. C) Limited Government. D) Means Test. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Polarization. 28. What sort of system do we have in the U.S.? A) One-Party System. B) Two-Party System. C) Dominant Party System. D) Coalition Government. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two-Party System. 29. Historically, conservatism has been the ideology of A) The working class. B) The upper class. C) The middle class. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The upper class. 30. Continuous surveys that enable a campaign or news organization to chart a candidate's daily rise or fall in support. A) Straw Poll. B) Exit Poll. C) Poll Tax. D) Tracking Poll. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tracking Poll. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIdeologies QuizzesPolitical Science QuizzesPolitical Ideologies Quiz 1Political Ideologies Quiz 2Political Ideologies Quiz 3Political Ideologies Quiz 4Political Ideologies Quiz 5Political Ideologies Quiz 6Political Ideologies Quiz 7Political Ideologies Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books